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Trotz kleiner Stolpersteine bieten die Münchner Philharmoniker unter Thomas Hengelbrock eine Weltklasse-Interpretation.

Nach dem begeisternden Ravel-Abend bieten Riccardo Chailly und das LFO auch bei Wagners Ouvertüren und Bruckners Siebter Hervorragendes.

Un recorrido por el posromanticismo germánico, donde la orquesta invitada logró evocar musicalmente el paisaje emocional y la arquitectura sinfónica de los protagonistas del programa.

An impressive new work by Paul Stanhope, Mahāsāgar (the Indian Ocean) is well sung and played by the WASO choir and orchestra with soloists Sara Macliver and Andrew Goodwin, alongside some oceanic favourites

Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a blazing performance of Bluebeard's Castle, although interpretations of Wagner and Debussy sounded tired and under-rehearsed. 

Overture, concerto, symphony: nothing to scare the horses here, nor in works by three major composers, Wagner, Mozart and Beethoven. Nothing world-shaking either in solid but often one-dimensional performances.

Pull out all the stops and blow through all the pipes: the mighty organ is there to be celebrated! Olivier Latry demonstrates his mastery of the art.

Maria Ioudenitch joins the Symphony for Samuel Barber's popular Violin Concerto. 

Avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam, Termo Peltokoski s'attaque à Wagner et Sibelius pour un résultat mitigé, trouvant davantage de cohérence dans Rachmaninov aux côtés de Yuja Wang.

Le Chicago Symphony Orchestra et Riccardo Muti ont montré tout leur savoir-faire dans une soirée Wagner-Hindemith-Dvořák éclatante – quoique parfois clinquante.

Nina Stemme returns to Hobart and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under Marko Letonja, with an all-Wagner concert, ably assisted by Swedish bassJohn Lundgren 

The Gewandhausorchester lends its distinctive voice to Mahler, Schumann, Wagner, and Mendelssohn in its second solo Leipzig Week program

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife y su director principal Antonio Méndez presentan un programa muy atractivo dedicado al mar para comenzar la temporada 19-20.

De retour de vacances, les musiciens de l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande n'ont pas perdu leurs qualités individuelles mais, malheureusement, ils affichent aussi un penchant à l’emphase qui aura nui à Beethoven.

Some rousing singing from the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir of the famous choruses from the great operas. 

This afternoon Vassily Sinaisky was in charge of the CBSO for a matinee performance which began with Wagner’s overture, ended with a Sibelius symphony and had siphoned between them an ever-popular piano concerto by Mozart.

A theatrical first half saw the world première of Rolf Wallin's violin concerto, Whirld, played by Alina Ibragimova.  

The Belgrade Philhamonic presented a magical concert of music on supernatural themes.   

Long climbs often provide the best views. The Adagio second movement of Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony bears the tempo marking Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam… and it is very solemn and very slow indeed.

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma brings fiery intensity and technique in an otherwise lukewarm programme of Wagner, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

La OFUNAM ofreció un programa de degustación del catálogo de Wagner con la participación de la soprano Othalie Graham interpretando selecciones de Tristán e Isolda y de El ocaso de los dioses

Music and words combined to recreate Jarvis Cocker's quirky radio programme Wireless Nights in this Prom with a distinctly watery theme.

Czech conductor energises the London Philharmonic in three contrasting works, including one of the 20th century's greatest choral masterpieces.

It can be a strange experience to listen to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 2 without the visuals of Celia Johnson’s doe-eyed sadness and Trevor Howard’s tortured half-smile to go with it, so synonymous is the work with Brief Encounter, Noël Coward’s celebrated paean to 1940s English morality and thwarted love.

Though the visitation of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra happened just over a week ago, we have a more permanent influence from that part of the world in the person of Alan Buribayev, the Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, who hails from Kazakhstan.

Riccardo Muti made a bold claim in a televised interview on Tuesday, ahead of his three-night stint opening the Carnegie Hall’s season.

What do you get when you cross Teutonic drama, Finnish sentimentality and Russian grandeur? The answer, it seems, as displayed by conductor Enrique Bátiz the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in their latest Cadogan Hall concert, is a vibrant and exciting evening of music.

The BBC Symphony presented a packed programme for this concert in celebration of their 80th anniversary. The performances were interspersed with two short films looking back at the orchestra’s illustrious history, with former principal conductors such as Adrian Boult and Pierre Boulez.